i am going to be vindicated. >> johnson has three weeks left. he said he will finish out his term. no word onwhat his fe leslie's plans will be for the future. incoming president is expected to hold a press conference addressing these chaes. tracee wilkins live. back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. more than 100 newly elected house and senate learn the rules of the job ahead. two democratic senators will be sworn in today. joe manchin will take the seat of the late robert byrd. meanwhile, the bush era tax cuts are set to expire if congress does not act. the gop might be willing to work with president obama on a short-term extension of the cuts for the weigthiest americans.

>> if that's all we can get out of the president, he is the president so we will work with him on that. >> house speaker nancy posi willropose a one-time payment to social security recipients to make up for the fact that there will be no cost of living increase next year. she's expected to try to extend unemployment benefits. . al tshgsd the ethics trial of 80-year-old charl raes ranges set to begin. he is charged wit 13 violations, including failure to reporting income from a dominican republic villa. he stepped down from the ways and means committee. he said he's not guilty of any ethics violations and he will represt himself. 4:31. your first look at the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein.

>> we had the shot on capitol hill. a little bit of fog around there. low cloudiness around the recently. no subfreezing temperatures. near thebay, near 50. right now 49 at national airport. and mid-40s in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia. the last several hours they have had a few sprinkles coming through. they moved off north and east. a few low clouds hanging in. break up the next couple hours. we will have sunshine this morning. byate afternoon, it will cloud up. it looks like it will be dry for the skins eagles game. before that we should make it into the low 60s. rainy da o tuesday. late night perhaps 3:00 or 4:00 we'll get light rain developingful occasional showers through the day. highs in the mid-50s. sunshine back on wednesday, in the sxz. a look at friday, saturday, sunday in ten minutes.

how is the traffic jerry? >> heading out northern virginia i-95. quiet. i think the big story will be, as tom just mentioned, the fog out there. not too bad. landover, maryland, capital beltway, look at that. we are shrouded i fog this morning. keep that in md for your travel plans this morning. we'll keep a watch on it. overall, pretty quiet. overnight road work should be wrapping up >> after a long bye week, back to the gridir for the skins. it's more than a divisional matchup but round 2 of mcnabb's showdown with his former team. after coming off an embarrassing loss, a second win against the eagles could be a big momentum boost. but they are carrying confidence in tonight's matchup. an upset win last week over the

colts. tonight at medex field at 8:30. virgia state police will be out in force making sure you are buckled up behind the wheel. officersill be participating in a click it or ticket campaign. more than 300 virginians we killed because they were not wearing seatbelts. you have to be pulled over for something else before being cited. tickets are $25 in maryland and d.c. you can get pulled over for not having your seat belt buckl. we have a traffic alert for drivers in the district. federal and local officials are expected to announce a major construction project on the 17th street levee. crews will so be replacing the old levee on 1st street, built way back in the 1930s. it will rece the risk of flooding around the monuments and other buildings downtown. it's not clear when that construction, though, would

start. > fairfax county police would like to talk to the mother whose newborn baby was found outside church. someone left the hours old in springfield 6:00 sunday before early mass. she was wrapped in towels inside a gym bag and still had her umbilical cord attached. church members say they're glad the mother picked a safe place to leave the child. >> on the one hand we're ghad the family thought of church as the place people could fin the baby care. >> they are worried the mother may need medical attention cause she di not see a doctor at the time of her delivery. a talked her discovered wandering in the street alone in nothing but a diaper. the little boy was found just before 10:00 near van dorn and zhenger avenue. police located the chi's

parents and child protective services is investigating. at this point no charges have been filed. the man accused of kill chandra vy could take the stand. last week prosecutors dropped one xual assault charge and one of the three murder charges against guandique and then rested their case. one of guanque's former cell mates is expected to testify for the defense. today family and friends will gather to remember local marine killed by an explosion in afghanistan. he was hit by a roadside bomb last month in the helman province. the 19-year-old graduated from north point high school in 2009. his funeral will take place at 1:00 this afternoon at arlington metery. family and friends will hold a candlelight vinl ill at 5:30 this evening at the gazebo in

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good morning. there is capitol hill in the distance and the washington monument. d you can just sort of barely see the top of it. low cloudiness over washington as well as patchy fog in the rural area and especially just east of washingtonround the beltway. watch out for that and prince george's county rather thick fog there. arlington, fairfax, montgomery county in the low 40s. near 50 near the bay. elsewhere, above freezing. s all aroundhe region from

the mountains to the atlantic beaches. we'll get some sunshine back this morning and into the afternoon. high reaching low 60s. cloudy tonight. should be dry for skins and eagles. tomorrow rain likely from the morning all the way to the evening. highs in the mid-50s. sunshine back. back to the low to mid-60s. cooler weather on thursday. a look at friday, saturday, sunday at 51. how is the traffic, jerry? >> a live look in virginia 95. fredericksburg, dale city, still looking good. picking up a little bit of volume. let's head over and see how we'rdoing inside the beltway. headed into town northeast on new york avenue looking off into the distance. visibility not bad. just a couple miles east at this point. prince george's county, we are socked. let's head to the wilson bridge. 270 we're doing okay. 66 and the toll road pretty

quiet so far. joe, eun >> jerry, thanks. 4:41. tredy in paradise. what set off an explosion at a mexican resort. >> the glass started breaking. so i ran to my room and grabbed my shotgun. >> a local man defends himself against what he thought was an intruder. why it may have been a misunderstanding >> next, why met look at all the toyota's for sale.

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congress doesn't act. democrats may try to give social security a $250 check due to the fact there will be no cost of living increase next year. fairfax county police are looking for t mother whose newborn baby was found in a church parking lot. the little girl was found outside st. raymond's in springfield before early morning mass on sunday. the baby was taken to the hospital and is in good ndition. a new report shows the very fame escalators used by metro are causing trouble in plausz other than washington. six people were injed when an escator malfunctioned in l'enfant plaza. it makes up 80% of the escalators. the same type malfunctioned in much the same way in atlanta three years ago injurin a dozen

passengers. metro is inspecting all 588 of its escalators systemwide >> a man says he shot another man trying to get into his apartment in gath erg burg. darcy spencer spoke to the man saying he defended himself from an intruder. >> i was terrified, honestly. >> reporter: this man, who doesn't want to be identified, shot and wounded an intruder about 1:00 sunday morning. >> i hear the glass start breaking. so i ran to my room, grabbed my shotgun. >> reporter: you can see the broken window and glass on the ground at the governor's square apartments. the resident says,fearing for his life, he took action. >> i gave a verbal warning not to enter the household. they kept trying to come in. i fired one shot to the bottom right corner of the window, hoping to scare him offut i actually did, in fact, hit the

person. police are investigating as a possible burglary. the intruder told them that he lived in the building and may have gotten lost or confused. >> the home owner, ten ant who discharged the shotgun does not know the individual. the individual didn't have permission to be there. he broke the window, suffered lacerations from his hands. >> at this point policeay it does not appear the respect will face charges. >> you can discharge a weapon to protect yourself against a trespasser, an individual who is trying to come in to commit harm or commit a felony. >> the resident said police told him it's not an open and shut case. >> they said because the person wasn't actually in the house i could face charges. but i think that's some bull because if somebody came in your house or was trying to come in the house you would do the same thing. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4 today. >> the victim was taken to the

hospital and is okay. police say the victim believed he was breaking into his own apartment. noharges have been filed in this case. ashburg, virginia family believe whoever stole their dog could have been watching their every move. their dog shad doeshgs a yorkshire terrier was gone. he had been long enough to eat the food and the treats that were left for him. the owners say they accidentally left a patio door unlocked and someone must have come in and taken the dog >> someone is home 95% of the time. whoever it is that came, they knew no one was home. so they must have been watching for a period of time. >> the family did file a police report. they passed out flyers in the neighborhood and posted an a about their lost dog on craigslist. nothing else inside the home was taken >> seven people are dead after a powerful gas explosion aa

luxury resort hotel in mexico. the blast happened on the gand floor on sunday. investigators say five canadian tourists, including a 9-year-old boy and two mexican hotel employees died. two americans are among the dozens of people injured. it knocked out windows and left a three-foot crater in the grouped. >> my husband went immediately and saw it had been a large explosion. near the restaurant. there's a crater in the ground. a crater >> mexican authorities say a mixture of natural gases from a nearby swamp is most likely what caused the blast. the building sat on a concrete pad on top of the swamp. investigators will determine if the building was properly constructed. this morning engineers suspect an electrical problem for a qantas flight making an emgency landing today. it returd to sydney an hour

after takeoff. this comes after the engine on an airbus plane failed while in flight. investigators have been investigating that rolls royce engine since that incident earlier this month. as the cost of putting your child through college rises, so are the salaries of universy presidents. 30 received more than a million dollars in pay and benefits in 2008. the highest paid is lander. he died at the age of 94. at the time of his death he was set to receive $5 million in compensation. steven knapp of george washington made $985,000. georgetown's made $900,000 in 2008. president of jns hopkins made

$850,000. american university made 60,000. and howard's president sidney ruboe made $385,000 in 2008. one day you may not need to go searching for a stamp to mail holiday and birthday cards. they want to put prepaid postage on greeting cards. this could mean one less trip to the post office and help t postal service regain lost business. prepaid postage test could last two years >> all right. 4:51 our me. we have fog out there, tom. wondering what that means for our weather today. >> a bit of chill in the air. the fog will linger for another couple hours. then things should impve with sunshine. you see the top of the washington monument. it just about disappeared with the low cloud cover. right now natnal airport is at

49 degrees.

it will be in the upper 40s. occasional showers throughout the day on tuesday. maybe a half inch of total accumulation. highs mid-50s. drying out late tuesday and into wednesday. sunshine back into the 60s. mostly cloudy thursday. blustery and cool with highs in the mid-50s. bright and sunny, though. a bit milder withsunshine saturday and sunday. live look from the north. visibility at this point does not appear to be an issue along 270 south out ofrederick and points south. good start there. let's see if that's the case over in virginia as you make your trip on in along i-95, a little fog there or so it appears. 66 on the approach to the capital beltway. pretty quiet. but the g could be an issue so ju be aware. and watch out for the deer.

>> thank you, jerry. listen up, working women. a new study showed high stress on the job may have long-lasting consequences on your health. erica edwards has more on what you need to know to mage stress. >> the fast track with, over time, take its toll. new research find high stress demanding job with little to no growth potential can raise the risk of heart problems, including heart attack, stroke, early death by 40%. similar links have been shown previously in men. >> women occupy 50% of the u.s. workforce. there's very little prospective on long-term research looking at strain and cardiovascular research. >> the study followed primarily white female medical health professionals like doctors and nurses, for a decade. dr. aert said managing stress

appropriately could help. first, figure out how to work somexercise into o schedule. the benefits of physical activity on the heart have long been proven. second, boost your social support system. >> whether tough family or friends to, you know, talk about what's going on at your job. >> and take note not only for your own heating but for your patients. >> i ask my patients about job stress or other stressors in their life. >> and it may be a longer, healthier life some of the work demands can be left at the office. erica edwards, nbc news. the study showed work stress, coupled with the fear of being laid off, was associated with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. 4:55 is the time. who is stepping up to defend the controversial body scanrs this morning. a troublingmystery. a teenage girl found bound and

gagged. now the search is on to find missing family. and

some fairfax county students will no longer have to worry about get an f on their report card. according to the "washington post," the high school is doing away wit failing grades. instead, students who fail will get an incomplete and get a

chance to improve their grade. if they don't complete the work, th will eventually fail. it gives students less motivation to succeed the first time. the school's principal said it is a way help struggling students. a man's confrontation can tsa is now viral video on the internet. what you're about to hear is his discussion with authorities captured on his cell phone camera. thman posted saturday's confrontation on an online blog. he said he refused to go through a body scannerat san diego international airport, then turned down a full body pat-down. that would have included a groin check, he says. he said he was about to leave the airport when authorities told him he still had to go through the screening even though he was leaving or he would face a civil suit. as some people are expressing concern about the privacy and